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So I am toying with a big crossing in the fall (Key West to Cancun)
I think @ 8kt ~2mpg I will have ~35% reserve, and if I bring 50 gallons extra I will have > 45% reserve, and on one engine at a time, much better than that.
See if you can find back issues of Passagemaker Magazine. A few years ago they had a good story on a 38 Bayliner making that crossing. As I recall, the seas got very rough, so much so that they had to divert to Cuba.
1999 3788, Cummins 270 "Freedom"
2013 Boston Whaler 130 SS
Anacortes, WA
Isla Verde, PR
have flown this route two times in my Bonanza, would not do it in a Bayliner of any kind. the straights of Florida are the real deal ocean. you are welcome to go in to Havana for a vist or fuel, sailboaters been doing it for years. go the other way around the south side of cuba.
Why are you pondering a straight shot, when you could cruise from florida to Brownsville Texas on the ICW???
Seems to me that there is lots to see along the way. Yes its further, or course it is, but why not explore the gulf states?
If you really want or need to make the trip in one straight shot then stop at the last florida key, dry something or other as a weather hold, and make the 280 mile journey. 280/8 = 35 hours
KEVIN SANDERS
4788 DOS PECES - SEWARD ALASKA - LA PAZ BCS MEXICO
"ksanders" post=822529 wrote:
So here's a question...
Why are you pondering a straight shot, when you could cruise from florida to Brownsville Texas on the ICW???
Seems to me that there is lots to see along the way. Yes its further, or course it is, but why not explore the gulf states?
If you really want or need to make the trip in one straight shot then stop at the last florida key, dry something or other as a weather hold, and make the 280 mile journey. 280/8 = 35 hours
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